EU to slap Microsoft for second antitrust abuse
TechWeb | at | by Mike
The European Union plans to file a second formal charge against Microsoft accusing the U.S. operating system developer of violating a 2004 antitrust ruling, the Agence France-Presse wire service reported Thursday.
Sources have told the AFP that the EU's Competition Commission will soon file a "statement of objections" claiming that Microsoft is charging too much for protocol licenses that the EU has ruled competitors need in order to develop interoperable software.